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Hi my name is Sandra, I live in Richmond and I have been on PD for the past 36 months. I did Hemo for awhile but it's hard for me to work.

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Hi sweetie!!!!! Nice to meet you. How long have you been on dialysis? I've been on for 2 yrs.

What type of dialysis do you do? What type of work? I worked at a childcare facility. I miss my job and I never claimed a job, I went to work because the kids were there. I miss them......

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sdsmalls in reply toLadyLuv

Hi, nice to meet you. I have been doing this for 3 years. I am a PD dialysis pt. I have a good team so hopefully I wont have to much longer on this. I hear people say to control it and not let it control you. I wish that wasn't the case because this has taken over my life. Don't get me wrong I do things but as I am sure you know. I am tired 99% of the time. I work at St Mary's hospital and I do other things with church.

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LadyLuv in reply tosdsmalls

The one thing I know is that I can't control it, yes, I can control the times I do PD, that's a given, however, we all can't control dialysis. If anyone says different, I can't and won't believe it. But that's just me.

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